Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-15

heavy four by ten.inch oak timber in
the frame of the truck, midway between
the rails and between the two axles.
The blow was so heavy that 1t lifted the
truck from the track and derailed the
car. The engineer says that when he
was going across the bridge he felt a
shock which he thought might have
been caused by broken axle. This,
however, could not possibly have been
the first cause of the accident, for the
trucks of the first two cars are in good
condition, except in regard to the frac-
tured oak timber mentioned above. The
only remaining possible cause OF the ac.
cident is the broken rail, and it is doubt-
tul, as before stated. whether an investi.
cation into this point could result
satisfactorily, for there are many pieces
of broken and twisted rails mixed up in
the wreck The probable cause of the
smashing up of the three cars nearest
the engine, which remained on the top
Of the embaukment, is that they must
have jumped the track when the rear
cars went through the bridge. This
bridge was built fifteen years ago, and
during the past ten years has been re-
paired three times. Workmen have been
busily engaged all day in removing the
debris from the street and from the en-
bankment. The wreck is SO complete,
that no attempt was made to save any
portion of the train. Additional evil
dences were found of the terrible nature
of the disaster at late hour, as the work
of fremovingthe wreck progressed. In some
places were fragments of flesh or pieces of
clothing which had belonged to some
victim whose remains had previously
been removed. There was blood over
everything. Most of the pices of cloth
ing found were from garments OF women,
and the fatality among them is propor-
tionately grealer. In one place the
bodies of seven were taken out. all hor-
ribly mangled. A pitiiul sight was that.
of two girls with their arms around one
another, clinging together in the EN-.
brace of death. In many instances
axes and crowbars were necessary in or
der to free persons who were pinioned in
the wreck. In two cases it was neces-
sary to cut the bodies in two, in order to
get them out. An old lady was taken
from car uninjured, with her clothing
torn to shreds. She said the women in
the car seemed panic stricken at the
moment the crash came. She saw one
woman dying in her seat, while another
woman had her head pillowed OH the dy-
ing woman's breast. The headless trunk
of woman was found lying across
some timber in the street under the
bridge, with one arm completely gone
and the lower limbs all cut and mapgled.
The head was found among the tangled
iron and the fragments of cars. A few
feet away one man was seen to walk
from the wreck in the direction of Ros-
lindale after the wreck, and when he
had gone a dozen yards he fell dead,
either from excitement or from internal
injuries. Everybody seemed dazed and
could not realize what had occurred.
Daniel Roundy, of Roslindale, had a
most remarkable experience. He was
in the smokipg-car playing cards with
Ed Snow, Harry Gay and Sergeant Lail.
ler. The crash came and the next thing
be knew he was in the muddy stream
and holding in his hand the
queen of diamonds, which was covered
with blood. His three companions had
all been killed.
So far as ascertained those killed are:
Lizzie Walton, II years, Dedham;
Myron Tilden, conductor; Lizzie Mande.
Vile; M. Taylor, policeman; Mrs. Ellis,
of West Roxbury; Ida Adams, l6 years,
of West Roslindale; Edward Morris,
Dedham; George Metcalf. apothecary.
of Boston; Mrs. Cardinal, of Rosl ndale;
Charles Snow, of West Roxbury; Steph.
en- Houghton. aged 38 years, of Roslin.
dale; W. Webster Clapp, of West
Roxbury; William E. Snow, of West
Roxbury; Frank Nichols, of Ded-
ham; H. Humphrey, of Dedham; Miss
Harkins, Dedham; Hannah Murphy.
West Roxbury; H. F. johnson, Boston;
Alice Vanderbilt, Dedham; Harry Gay.
Roxbury; = Stone. of West Roxbury;
s. L. Stone, of West Roxbury; Gates,
of Roslindale, and = Rich, of Roslin-
dale. William Smith, reported as in
jured, died at the city hospital, and
Will f Durham died at the hospital,
making twenty.seven dead whose names
are known. There are at the morgue the
bodies of three men and two women
which. as yet. remain unidentified.
There were injured at least ia.